Turnaround Management and Bankruptcy

Foreword / By Bob Wessels -- Historical Perspectives -- The History Of Corporate Turnaround Management : Personal Reflections / Donald Bibeault -- Business Rescue, Turnaround Management And The Legal Regime Of Default And -- Insolvency In Western History (late Middle Ages To Present Day) / Dave De Ruysscher -- Business Failure -- Some Causes Of Organizational Decline / William Mckinley -- Predicting Business Failure / Nico Dewaelheyns, Sofie De Prijcker, And Karen Van Den Heuvel -- A Theoretical Framework For Restructuring / Joost De Haas And Pieter Klapwijk -- Valuation In Good Times And Bad / Jan Vis -- Turnaround Management -- Turnaround Planning : Insights From Evolutionary Approaches To The Theory Of The Firm / Gianpaolo Abatecola And Vincenzo Uli -- Turnaround Strategies : Practical Insights From A 47-year Career / Donald Bibeault -- Why Must Companies Reorganize And Why Do They Wait So Long? : Insights From Practice / Kathryn Rudie Harrigan-- Human Considerations In Turnaround Management : A Practitioner?s View / Yuval Bar-or -- The Executioner's Dilemma : Explaining Role Stress By Ethical Conflict Among Those That Carry Out A Downsizing Event / Rick Aalbers And Philippos Philippou -- Legal Issues And Ethics -- Why Rescue? : A Critical Analysis Of The Current Approach To Corporate Rescue / David Burdette And Paul Omar -- Towards A European Business Rescue Culture / Gert-jan Boon And Stephan Madaus -- Effectiveness Of Preventive Insolvency Frameworks In The Eu / Mihaela Carpus Carcea, Daria Ciriaci, Carlos Cuerpo Caballero, Dimitri Lorenzani, And Peter -- Pontuch -- An Overview Of The Pre-insolvency Procedures In The United Kingdom And South Africa / Alexandra Kastrinou And Lezelle Jacobs -- The Ethics Of State Bankruptcy / Jukka Kilpi And Simon Elo -- Industry Perspectives -- Firm Turnarounds In Knowledge Intensive Industries / Vincent Barker Iii And Achim Schmitt-- Turning Smes Around : On Breaking And Making Organizational Paths / Jorg Freiling And Hartmut Meyer -- Cases & Game -- Back To The Future : The General Motors Restructuring Plan / Jan Adriaanse -- Business Failure In The U.s. Restaurant Industry / H.g. Parsa -- Turnaround Workout Game : To Rescue The Uganda Hotel-casino Group, Or Not? / Jan Adriaanse, Arnoud Griffioen, And Jean-pierre Van Der Rest -- Epilogue: A Synopsis Of The Present And Future Of Turnaround Management And Bankruptcy / Tim Verdoes, Jean-pierre Van Der Rest, And Jan Adriaanse -- Index Of Terms -- Index Of Names. Edited By Jan Adriaanse And Jean-pierre Van Der Rest. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.